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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 20 PERSONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
Chapter 13. Human Rights
§20-13-37 Evidence rules inapplicable at hearings--Cross-examination--Burden of proof--Preservation of testimony.
SD Codified L § 20-13-37 (through 2011) What's This?
20-13-37. Evidence rules inapplicable at hearings--Cross-examination--Burden of proof--Preservation of testimony. The Commission of Human Rights is not bound by the strict rules of evidence prevailing in courts of law or equity but the right of cross-examination shall be preserved. The charging party bears the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence the allegations in his charge. The testimony taken at a hearing shall be under oath, electronically recorded, or stenographically reported, or both by a commission agent, and transcribed, if ordered by the commission.
Source: SL 1972, ch 11, § 11 (11); SL 1975, ch 166, § 1; SL 1981, ch 166, § 13.
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